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American Heart Month
Express Your Health!
Improving Your Health
Overweight Children
Breastfeeding Awareness
National HIV Testing Month
National High Blood Pressure Month
Update your Poison Prevention phone number to 1-800-222-1222
February 2006 HP2010 Minority Populations Gateway
January 2006 Folic Acid Awareness Week
December 2005 CDPH Flu Clinics English & Espanol
November 2005 Great American SmokeOut
October 2005 Health Literacy Month
September 2005 Disaster Preparedness Month
August 2005 For Girls
July 2005 National Eye Health Education Program
June 2005 http://MyPyramid.gov 
May 2005 SALUD Bi-lingual Patient Education
Interactive Health Tutorials  
 Online Checkups
American Diabetes Association
Find a Flu Clinic
Immunization Awareness
Eye Injury Prevention
Better to Know Campaign
Healthy Vision Month
Sexual Assault Prevention
 Men's Health Issues
Beat the Winter Bugs
Tools for Women's Health 
Sickle Cell Disease 
Spotlight on Fireworks Injuries
National Men's Health Week
Older Americans Month
SARS Information
Lead poisoning links
Kids' Ear Nose & Throat Month 
Cervical Health Awareness Month!
World AIDS Day December 1, 2002 & Get Your Flu Vaccine!
Great American Smokeout! Make plans to quit today!
Women's Health
Cold and Flu Resources
Hormone Replacement  Therapy News
Breastfeeding Guide
Cancer Risk Tool
Grandparenting Booklet in PDF Format
View Menopause Health WebCast from March 20th 2002 2:00 PM (CT)
Illinois Poison Center http://www.mchc.org/ipc/ipc.html 

New Obesity and Overweight Materials
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/practgde.htm
(PDF File)

Keep Your Child Safe on the Internet http://www.wiseuptothenet.co.uk/htmlversion.htm 
www.diabetes.org
Community Violence Checklist
Women's Health Newsletter
Get Ready for School with immunizations!
Community Alcohol & Drug Webcasts 
HIV Testing Day http://www.nhtd.org/  Local HIV Screening site: Search
10 year Cardiac Risk Calculator 
New Quit Smoking Report (Released March 27, 2001)
Take Wellness to HEART! & Choose to Move!
Cervical Cancer Month National Cervical Cancer Coalition
NIDDK's "Easy to Read" Health Materials
Domestic Violence Awareness Month

www.caringbridge.com  A patient internet link for families

Domestic Violence Information
www.quitnet.com
Health Topics Library Type library into the search engine
Disability Resources  
Prescription Drug Assistance Program 
Symptom Checker  

Flu Season  

Heat Alerts  

Child Safety

Meningitis Information

Conflict Resolution  

  National Childhood Immunization Week

Asthma 

 Group A Strep infection:
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/bacter/strep_a.htm)
or (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/strep.htm)

Information on KidCare (Health Insurance for Illinois Children who don't qualify for a Medicaid Green Card)

Medication Sources Toll Free Directory (use the "find" tool to locate your medication) 

Illinois Medication Assistance number: 800-642-2459

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Updated: Monday, March 05, 2007 by the EBV Online Team

 

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This page was created through a 1998 U. S. Department of Commerce Technology Opportunity Program Grant
Partners included West Suburban Hospital Medical Center Westside Health Authority,
 
Loyola University Chicago & West Suburban College of Nursing (of Oak Park & Chicago, IL). 

©1998-2008 All rights Reserved.
Address all inquiries to Christopher Masi, MD, Project Director (netmasi@aol.com).